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Headlines (07 October) :
Fletcher boost for Scotland
Darren Fletcher is set to make a shock appearance for
Scotland in Saturday's Euro 2012 Group I qualifier against
Liechtenstein in Vaduz.
Cap: Roo ready for England duty
England boss Fabio Capello has no concerns over
playing Wayne Rooney against Montenegro after speaking to him about
his father's arrest.
Button stays quickest in Japan
A clearly buoyant Jenson Button doubled up in practice
at Suzuka in his bid for a maiden Japanese Grand Prix victory.
Johnson: We must stay focused
England manager Martin Johnson has warned his side
they will need to remain focused for 80 minutes against France at
Eden Park.
Ox eases England past Iceland
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored a hat-trick as England
cruised to a 3-0 win over Iceland in their European Under-21
Championship qualifier.
Wales set for back-row battle
Dan Lydiate believes Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien will
pose a serious threat to Wales' World Cup semi-final ambitions.
Another poor day for Tiger
Tiger Woods endured another poor day as he shot a
two-over-par 73 in the opening round of the Frys.com Open at the
CordeValle golf club.
BBC to hand over evidence
The BBC have vowed to hand over evidence to the
International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) concerning the 2012
Olympic bribe allegations.
Nadal eases through in Tokyo
Rafael Nadal booked his place in the semi-finals of
the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo with a routine win over
Santiago Giraldo.
Barrow hit by 29-point penalty
Barrow have been deducted 29 points after breaking
rules over payments to players. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 06 October 2011
FOOTBALL
International
China PR 2 United Arab Emirates 1
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Germany U21 3 Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 0 Greece U21 2
San Marino U21 0
Group Four
Croatia U21 0 Spain U21 2
Group Five
Portugal U21 1 Poland U21 1
Group Six
Liechtenstein U21 2 Italy U21 7
Group Seven
Azerbaijan U21 0 Norway U21 2 Iceland U21 0 England
U21 3
Group Nine
Austria U21 0 Holland U21 1 Luxembourg U21 1 Scotland
U21 5
Group Ten
Sweden U21 1 Slovenia U21 1
GOLF
Frys.com Open Collated first round scores in the USPGA
Tour Frys.com Open, CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California,
United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
67 Brendan Steele, Garrett Willis, Matt Bettencourt,
Briny Baird 68 Aron Price (Aus), Rodney Pampling (Aus), Steven
Bowditch (Aus), Troy Matteson, Christopher Baryla (Can), Matthew
Jones (Aus) 69 Bud Cauley, Andres Gonzales, Greg Chalmers (Aus),
Patrick Cantlay, Scott Piercy, Kevin Na, John Rollins, Jarrod Lyle
(Aus), Jeff Maggert, Chad Campbell, Roland Thatcher, Ernie Els (Rsa),
Brandt Jobe, Hunter Haas
Madrid Masters Collated first round scores in the
European Tour Bankia Madrid Masters, El Encin Golf Hotel, Alcala de
Henares, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
64 Ross McGowan 65 Brett Rumford (Aus), Lorenzo Gagli
(Ita), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 66 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 67
Francesco Molinari (Ita), Steve Webster, Lee Slattery, Graeme Storm,
Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Peter Hanson (Swe), Eduardo De La Riva (Spa),
Tano Goya (Arg), Bradley Dredge 68 Richie Ramsay, Mark Tullo (Chi),
Oliver Wilson, David Drysdale, Thomas Norret (Den), Luke Donald,
Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Cesar Monasterio (Arg)
TENNIS
ATP China Open 2nd rd:
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa)
6-4 6-4
(1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Ze Zhang (Chn) 6-3 6-4
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-2 6-7 (1-7) 6-3
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 7-6
(7-3) 7-6 (7-4)
WTA China Open 3rd rd:
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-3
7-6 (7-3)
Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 4-6
6-1 6-2
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-1 6-2
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Sofia Arvidsson
(Swe) 6-4 6-2
Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-1
4-6 6-4
(13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt (2) Victoria
Azarenka (Blr) w/o
ATP Rakuten Japan Open 2nd rd:
(3) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 4-6 6-2 6-2
Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-4
7-6 (7-4)
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 7-5 6-3
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 6-1 6-2
David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 |
